Chongzhen revived the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 48: Indiscriminate use of official titles
The first meeting of the Standing Committee dealt with the affairs of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and the second meeting of the Standing Committee naturally dealt with the affairs of the Ministry of War. These are the two departments that are currently included in the standing committee meeting. Zhu Youjian wants to directly intervene in ministry affairs, creating an established fact.

So on September 5th, Zhu Youjian convened the bachelor's degree, Jiuqing, and relevant personnel from the Ministry of War, Military Science, and the Five Prefectures in Wuying Palace to hold the second standing meeting to deal with the backlog of Ministry of War affairs in the past few days.

First of all, there was a report on September 2. Shang Zhouzuo, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, sent two red copper blunderbuss, eight iron blunderbuss, iron bullets and other items. Zhu Youjian asked the officials of the Ministry of War:

"Who asked Governor Shang to send these weapons? What are they going to be used for?"

Cui Chengxiu, Minister of the Ministry of War, returned from attending the Standing Committee meeting yesterday. On the grounds that he had been impeached, he petitioned to return to his hometown to observe the system. He did not attend the meeting today.

Tian Ji, the left minister of the Ministry of War, was promoted to be the Minister of the Ministry of War. Tian Ji was the adopted son of Wei Zhongxian and one of the Five Tigers of the Eunuch Party. In less than a year, he was promoted to Minister of the Ministry of War from the post of Minister Fang. He went to curry favor with Wei Zhongxian when he had time on weekdays. How could he know this? The whole story? He remained silent for a moment, with cold sweat running down his back.

Lu Chunru, the right minister of the Ministry of War and the minister of the Ministry of War, had just escorted King Hui back from the domain. He didn't know the whole story, so he could only say to the emperor:
"Your Majesty, these weapons should have been specially purchased and donated by Governor Shang knowing that there was a war in the imperial court."

"Your Majesty should commend Governor Shang and store weapons for later use."

Zhu Youjian frowned and said:
“What is supposed to be?”

"Are the Ministry of War affairs usually so careless?"

Lu Chunru couldn't answer, so she could only lower her head and say nothing.

Yan Mingtai, the former governor of Jiliao and now the assistant manager of the Jingying Rongzheng and the Ministry of War, attended the meeting as a non-voting witness. Seeing this, he proposed:
"Your Majesty, it is not an urgent matter to find out the cause of the matter. You only need to send a message to Governor Shang to find out the truth."

"Now that these weapons have been delivered, I think they should be sent to the Beijing camp or the Liaodong front line so that they can be put to full use."

Zhu Youjian nodded slightly and stopped pursuing it. In my heart, I am extremely disappointed with these officials of the Ministry of War. Even though these people have been awarded the title of Minister of the Ministry of War, they sound like high-ranking officials, but none of them are useful when encountering problems. They are a bunch of complete losers.

More determined to recall Yuan Keli, Zhu Youjian said to everyone:

"The weapons were first stored in the War Bureau, and someone was sent to reward Shang Zhou Zuo, asking him to pay attention to collecting all kinds of copper and iron blunderbuss, especially fire blunderbuss that ignite without a match rope."

"After all the cannons and artillery are collected, the Bureau of War will test their power and clarify their uses, determine the Ming standard artillery and cannons, and manufacture them for use by frontline soldiers."

"This matter is related to the frontline combat power. We cannot be negligent and add a special supervisor to the Ministry of War to be responsible for firearms and other ordnance."

"The candidate for this minister will be nominated at the court tomorrow!"

No one stood up to object, and all the ministers could see that none of the people in the Ministry of War were capable of taking over. The emperor had personal concerns, so of course he looked down on them. The newly added deputy minister should be the next candidate for the Minister of War after Cui Chengxiu maintained the system. The emperor's intention to recall Yuan Keli was widely circulated, and it was already clear.

Some people are already thinking about whether to actively recommend Yuan Keli to please the emperor. There are also some eunuchs who are wary and plan to introduce candidates to compete with Yuan Keli.

Zhu Youjian ignored their thoughts and continued to the next topic. Li Guo, the superintendent of the Arsenal Department of the Ministry of War, listed seven items in martial arts education and administration: promotion of education, prohibition of false membership, division of roll numbers, substitution of reforms, caution in shooting, strict school examination, and emphasis on generals.

Although it is a cliché, it has something to say. Zhu Youjian felt that no matter what his original intention was, he at least had the intention to do things. He immediately praised him a few times and ordered: "Ming Jiu Border Guard Station, Liaodong and Dongjiang towns recommend meritorious officers to study martial arts, and recommend the elderly or disabled The meritorious officials came to the capital to teach martial arts."

"Compile the military books left by Yu Long, Qi Hudong, and Li Xima, and compile martial arts teaching materials and soldier drills."

"The superintendent, Li Ge, has been granted the rank of fourth-grade counselor and is allowed to attend the regular court. The martial arts students have arrived, please report to me in time."

He casually added the title of counselor to Li Gu, which aroused the envy of other officers of the Ministry of War who attended the meeting. Although the title of Congsipin Councilor is a false title, it means that as long as he is promoted to outsiders, Li Wei's position will not be lower than that of Congsipin. How could they not be envious of his sudden jump from being a sixth-grade principal to this level!
Not to mention that the imperial court's counselor title is eligible to participate in the Chang Dynasty. From now on, Li Gu will become a Chang Dynasty official, qualified to see the emperor often, and can communicate with the emperor through reporting opportunities. For many people, this is something more enviable.

After seeing this example, some officials had planned to write more letters in an effort to be appreciated by the emperor. There are also some people who think that it is not all bad that the affairs of the Ministry of War are under the jurisdiction of the Standing Committee, at least the emperor can directly see their hard work. The only prerequisite is to work hard, otherwise you may be like the two ministers of the Ministry of War and lose face in front of the emperor.

Continuing to discuss the matter, the governor of Liaodong and the minister of the Ministry of War, a minister with the title of king, came to thank Ning Jin for the gift of victory. Zhu You inquired about it and learned that it was a reward for Ning Jin's contribution that must be given in early August.

What is this reward? He was promoted to the second level, Yin Yizi Jinyiwei commanded the Qianshi hereditary, was rewarded with forty taels of silver, two coats of red silk, and was given the title of Shaofu.

However, this reward has expired. On August 12, because the three halls were completed, the king's ministers were rewarded with one level for the merits of the three halls, one son to guard thousands of households in brocade clothes, thirty taels of silver, two pieces of silk, and a small reward. Master and Crown Prince Taishi title.

Zhu Youjian was speechless and had nothing to say about Wei Zhongxian's behavior of indiscriminately issuing official titles. It's easy to say that it's a false title. No matter how high it is, it will only receive a first-grade salary. Zhu Youjian can hold his nose and recognize it. However, Yinzi's hereditary Jinyiwei commanded Qianshi, and Yinzi Jinyiwei was responsible for thousands of households. This requires the court to spend money all the time. With the current financial situation of the Ming Dynasty, how can more people be parasitic?
And that's not all. The king's ministers on the front line were given the title of Yin Xi. Zhu Youjian thought it was acceptable. Seventy-three people including Wei Guangwei, Feng Jiahui, Huo Weihua, Cui Chengxiu, Tian Ji, and Yan Mingtai in the rear court were also given the title of Yin Xi. Zhu Youjian The prosecutor really couldn’t agree with it.

Not to mention that there are as many as 298 people who have been awarded the title of Yinxi because of the Three Palaces Gong, which can make Zhu Youjian's head explode——

Wei Zhongxian really used imperial titles as cabbage and distributed them wholesale.

"In the future, I will collect all these titles and verify my credit again. 』

"Let's do this for now and let them be proud for a while. 』

Listening to the explanation of the minister below, Zhu Youjian suppressed his head from exploding and thought so in his heart.

Although these people have received many titles, they are nothing compared to Ning Guogong, Wei Zhongxian's nephew Wei Liangqing.

Wei Liangqing used Ning Yuan's merit to confer the title of Su Ning Bo, and also used the Three Palaces merit to grant Ning Guo Gong. He is the biggest beneficiary.

If Zhu Youjian can't move Wei Zhongxian, he can't move these people's attacks.

At this moment, Zhu Youjian had a deeper understanding of the so-called eunuchs. Knowing that these people are, in some respects, a community of interests.

If there is no attack from another group and there are enough talents to replace the eunuchs, the emperor himself will not be able to deal with so many eunuch ministers.

Now he can only hope that more enemies of the Eunuch Party will appear and attack the Eunuch Party as soon as possible.

(End of this chapter)